Criminal Offences Act, 1960 (Act 29)

Section 47 - Definition of murder

A person who intentionally causes the death of another person by an unlawful harm commits murder, unless the murder is reduced to manslaughter by reason of an extreme provocation, or any other matter of partial excuse, as is mentioned in section 52.

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